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You can also find a marine species by browsing through the WoRMS taxonomy on the right hand side.

The taxonomy here displays all parent and child nodes of the taxonomy that are tagged as accepted or synonymised. Only species tagged as marine are shown (so you may find some parent nodes with no species within them).

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Animalia
  Mollusca
    Polyplacophora
    Gastropoda
      Prosobranchia
      Heterobranchia
        Pulmonata
        Heterostropha
        [unassigned] Heterobranchia
        Opisthobranchia
          Cephalaspidea
          Gymnosomata
          Sacoglossa
          Anaspidea
          Aplysiomorpha
          Notaspidea
          Nudibranchia
            Euctenidiacea
              Eudoridacea
              Doridacea
                Doridoidea
                  Archidorididae
                  Kentrodorididae
                  Rostangidae
                  Discodorididae
                  Dorididae
                  Aldisidae
                  Chromodorididae
                      Chromodoris
                      Glossodoris
                        Glossodoris edmundsi
                        Glossodoris limbata
                        Glossodoris ghanensis
                        Glossodoris plumbea
                        Glossodoris runcinata
                        Glossodoris cincta
                        Glossodoris atromarginata
                        Glossodoris tibboeli
                        Glossodoris sedna
                        Glossodoris charlottae
                        Glossodoris kophos
                        Glossodoris pallida
                        Glossodoris alternata
                        Glossodoris victoriae
                        Glossodoris perplexa
                        Glossodoris dollfusi
                        Glossodoris dalli
                        Glossodoris youngbleuthi
                        Glossodoris kulonba
                        Glossodoris multituberculata
                        Glossodoris florens
                        Glossodoris misakinosibogae
                        Glossodoris sibogae
                        Glossodoris paladentata
                        Glossodoris dendrobranchia
                        Glossodoris gregorius
                        Glossodoris pullata
                        Glossodoris hikuerensis
                        Glossodoris averni
                        Glossodoris electra
                        Glossodoris vespa
                        Glossodoris cruenta
                        Glossodoris rubroannulata
                        Glossodoris undaurum
                        Glossodoris carlsoni
                        Glossodoris poliahu
                        Glossodoris stellata
                        Glossodoris tomsmithi
                        Glossodoris rufomarginata
                        Glossodoris symmetrica
                        Glossodoris aeruginosa
                        Glossodoris aureola
                        Glossodoris angasi
                        Glossodoris baumanni
                        Glossodoris pantherina
                        Glossodoris clitonota
                        Glossodoris edenticulata
                        Glossodoris picta
                        Glossodoris webbi
                        Glossodoris valenciennesi
                        Glossodoris tricolor
                        Glossodoris orsinii
                        Glossodoris coelestis
                        Glossodoris fontandraui
                        Glossodoris bilineata
                        Glossodoris aureomarginata
                        Glossodoris verrieri
                        Glossodoris fidelis
                        Glossodoris lata
                        Glossodoris undulata
                        Glossodoris decora
                        Glossodoris setoensis
                        Glossodoris ndukuei
                        Glossodoris australis
                        Glossodoris decorata
                        Glossodoris xishaensis
                        Glossodoris flava
                        Glossodoris aureopurpurea
                        Glossodoris variata
                        Glossodoris rufomaculata
                        Glossodoris tennentana
                        Glossodoris vicina
                        Glossodoris cavae
                        Glossodoris annulata
                        Glossodoris prismatica
                        Glossodoris kuniei
                        Glossodoris ransoni
                        Glossodoris coi
                        Glossodoris atopa
                        Glossodoris festiva
                        Glossodoris nona
                        Glossodoris katoi
                        Glossodoris bombayana
                        Glossodoris poecila
                        Glossodoris odhneri
                        Glossodoris semeion
                        Glossodoris thalassopora
                      Hypselodoris
                      Ceratosoma
                      Diversidoris
                      Tyrinna
                      Thorunna
                      Cadlinella
                      Durvilledoris
                      Ardeadoris
                      Rosodoris
                      Miamira
                      Orodoris
                  Platydorididae
                Onchidoridacea
                Onchidoridoidea
                Phyllidioidea
                Polyceroidea
              Gnathodoridacea
            Dexiarchia
            Dendronotina
          Thecosomata
          Pteropoda
          Umbraculida
          Pleurobranchomorpha
          Acochlidiacea
          Nudipleura
          [unassigned] Opisthobranchia
          Runcinacea
      Cocculiniformia
      Neritimorpha
      Vetigastropoda
      Apogastropoda
      Caenogastropoda
      Patellogastropoda
    Scaphopoda
    Bivalvia
    Monoplacophora
    Solenogastres
    Cephalopoda
    Placophora
    Aculifera
    Conchifera
    Pelecypoda
    Caudofoveata
    Lamellibranchiata
    Conchifera
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera